I'd like to take a second to bow down to our Seahawk overlords. Their only real threat in the NFC looked like shit against the Rams, while the top two teams in the AFC also looked like shit against the Chargers and Dolphins. No one looks good enough to have a chance at going into Seattle and winning unless the Hawks choke HARD, and the AFC just seems so crappy that none of them would really have a chance. I don't think Brady has enough magic in him to beat Seattle, who is better than the Patriots right now at every single fucking position besides QB and even then it's kinda close, and Denver's defense is so fucking bad that Seattle would put up 40 while Manning would have to struggle to put up 30 against that defense.
Believe it or not I could see the Chiefs beating the Seahawks if they magically made the Super Bowl, but that's about it. The Chiefs are the only other truly balanced good team in the NFL. The 49ers might have a shot I guess but probably not since they can't score against a decent defense.
So yeah, there's my analysis. There's like a 70% chance the Seahawks win the Super Bowl imo.
Don't use the rams game as a basis for the Saints. The saints always do crap against the rams for some reason, there's honestly no real logical reason to why it happens.
Hawks can easily lose to an NFC team in the playoffs, especially with the Saints and 49ers in there- both have coaches that know how to easily beat the Seahawks (pressure). Speaking of which, the Saints, Panthers, and 49ers all have top 5 defenses. They also don't exactly have lackluster offenses (49ers does have a strong run game) and Saints have a stronger offense than the Seahawks. The Saints will not lose to the Seahawks again, I guarantee it. 49ers know very well how to beat them and could beat them at home. Panthers are too much of a defensive threat to the Seahawks for it to at least not be a close game.
If they do manage to make it to the Super Bowl, there's no team in the AFC playoff picture right now besides the Dolphins and MAYBE the Bengals I don't like over the Seahawks.
Russel Wilson can win regular season games. That doesn't always translate over to postseason success (Falcons fan here, I know this more than any other current team so help me) and regular season games don't always mean much towards SB winners (2011-12 Giants looked like complete trash, 12-13 Ravens look okay-ish until Joe Flacco showed up).